Here Come the Co-Eds
02/02/1945
Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly claiming her ambition is to earn enough money to attend staid, all-girl Bixby College. Bixby's progressive dean offers Molly a scholarship. Molly accepts on the condition that Slats and Oliver come along too as campus caretakers. But the pompous Chairman threatens to foreclose on the school's mortgage if Molly isn't expelled. Together, the trio, with the help of some new friends, concocts a scheme to raise enough money to save the school. The plan involves a bet on the Bixby basketball team, which is playing in a game rated at 20 to 1 by the local bookie. But the bookie has other plans for their dough and hires a group of ringers to step in for the opponents. All is not lost, at least while Oliver has the chance to turn things around for his friends-one way or another.
Movie Information
Bud Abbott
as Slats McCarthy
Lou Costello
as Oliver Quackenbush
Martha O'Driscoll
as Molly McCarthy
Peggy Ryan
as Patty Gayle
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Johnson
Donald Cook
as Dean Larry Benson
Charles Dingle
as Jonathan Kirkland
June Vincent
as Diane Kirkland
Evelyn Kaye Klein
as Evelyn and Her Magic Violin
Joe Kirk
as Honest Dan Murphy the Bookie
Richard Lane
as Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom
Don Costello
as Diamond (uncredited)
Bill Stern
as Sports Announcer
Phil Spitalny
as Orchestra Leader
Jane Allen
as College Girl (uncredited)
Milt Bronson
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Jean Carlin
as Co-ed (uncredited)
June Cuendet
as Basketball Player (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
as Officer Flannigan (uncredited)
Margaret Eversole
as Basketball Player (uncredited)
Dorothy Ford
as Bertha (uncredited)
Martha Garotto
as Player (uncredited)
Maxine Gates
as Woman (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
as Woman in Ballroom (uncredited)
Jayne Hazard
as Co-ed (uncredited)
Marilyn Hoeck
as Basketball Player (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Man at Scorer's Table (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
as Man Taking Dance Lesson (uncredited)
Carl Knowles
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
Marie Osborne
as Woman in Trailer (uncredited)
Lorna Peterson
as Basketball Player (uncredited)
Rebel Randall
as Basketball Player (uncredited)
Gene Roth
as Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
as Assistant Sports Announcer (uncredited)
Sammy Stein
as Tiger McGurk aka The Masked Marvel (uncredited)
Muriel Stetson
as Basketball Player (uncredited)
Naomi Stout
as Basketball Player (uncredited)
Anthony Warde
as Carlton Basketball Coach (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
as Police Chief (uncredited)
